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India: BPL Patients in Bhopal May Soon Get Free Air Ambulance Services

Extremely critical patients under treatment at government hospitals, in urgent need of treatment at super-specialty hospitals outside Madhya Pradesh, would soon get free-of-cost air ambulance facility.\r\nAccording to sources, the scheme would be restricted only to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) patients who are getting treatment under State Illness Fund in government hospitals. If the concerned doctor thinks that the patient needs treatment at some other institution, the doctor could refer the patient to a senior doctor or other senior member at the medical college level.

India: Trauma Care Services Hit as Staff Go on Stir in SCB Medical College in Cuttack

Cuttack: Even as the State Government has been tom-toming its steps for establishing seven trauma care centres across the three medical colleges and other major districts, its very own apathy has cast a shadow over functioning of the sole Trauma Care Centre (TCC) at SCB Medical College and Hospital here.

India: Indian Gifts for Nepal on Republic Day

Kathmandu: On the occasion of the 66th Republic Day of India, the Indian embassy in Kathmandu 26 January gifted 20 ambulances and four buses to various hospitals, non-profit charitable organisations and educational institutions in 19 districts of Nepal.

India: Centre Vows AIIMS like Institutes for Jharkhand

Ranchi: Union health minister J.P. Nadda has assured chief minister Raghubar Das that the Centre would help the state set up an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Deoghar, besides 11 trauma centres to deal with cases of accidents.\r\n“The Union minister has given positive assurance on the proposed AIIMS project and on setting up 11 trauma centres across Jharkhand,” state resident commissioner in Delhi D. K. Tiwari told The Telegraph over phone after Das met Nadda and other Union ministers in Delhi on 29 January.

India: North India’s First Trauma Surgery Department at KGMU

Lucknow: North India\'s first trauma surgery department is set to come up at King George\'s Medical University. Trauma surgery is an upcoming branch of medical science which aims to manage high burden of road traffic accidents. It is also important from the disaster preparedness point of view.\r\nBesides, an emergency medicine department was also created. Emergency medicine deals with complicated cases related to non-communicable diseases such as cardiac problems, strokes, etc. The two decisions were taken here on 4 January.